9:41am CBS Buchanan/Roane interrupt network coverage with reports of an explosion at the
Pentagon. “We don’t know what caused this.”
9:42am CBS Roane quotes “workers report sounds and a “rumble.”
9:42am CNN Aaron Brown interviews Chris Plant about fire and helicopter circling9:43 AP: 'An aircraft has crashed into the Pentagon, witnesses say. The West Wing of the White House is being evacuated amid terrorist threats.'9:43 (According to C&B) AP: 'An aircraft has crashed into the Pentagon, witnesses say. The West Wing of the White House is being evacuated amid terrorist threats.'
9:43am CBS Roane says “Associated Press is quoting witnesses as saying it was an aircraft that
crashed into the Pentagon."
9:43am CNN Aaron Brown "we’re getting reports now that the White House is being evacuated
as well,"
9:46 CBS Buchanan quoting the Associated Press: “He said it was a large airliner"...“I saw the
tail of a large airliner, it plowed into the Pentagon,” according to an Associated Press
radio reporter."9:46am, AP reports - Reports of helicopter crashing into Pentagon

There are reports that a helicopter has crashed into the Pentagon.

An eyewitness said that they saw the helicopter circle the building and after it disappeared behind it, an explosion occurred.

9:46am CNN Brown "The Associated Press is reporting that a plane, it was a plane that
crashed at the Pentagon, and the Pentagon is being evacuated."
9:48am CNN Brown concludes his interview of Chris Plant

The FBI has evacuated the White House after they received what they said were "creditable threats" against the White House.

All airports across the US have been shut down.

Paul Begala, a Democratic consultant, said he witnessed a explosion near the Pentagon shortly after two planes crashed into World Trade Centre.

‘‘It was a huge fireball, a huge, orange fireball,’’ Begala said.

He said another witness told him a helicopter exploded.

Later a DFLP official denied responsibility for the attack.

10:04am CBS Roane says, “An Associated Press reporter says he saw the tail end of a large airliner plunge into the Pentagon building.”10:04am CBS Roane says, “these are raw footage coming back, that’s our reporter there on the scene who will be giving us stories in just a few minutes.”